‘He’s not out of it altogether. He’s simply not bodily current as a lot as he was,’ Susie Wiles stated.
A high Trump administration official confirmed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, is now not working from the White Home.
“As a substitute of assembly with him in particular person, I’m speaking to him on the cellphone, but it surely’s the identical internet impact,” White Home chief of workers Susie Wiles advised the New York Publish in an interview revealed Tuesday.
Musk, who leads the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), “hasn’t been right here bodily, but it surely actually doesn’t matter a lot,” Wiles stated. “His people aren’t going anyplace.”
Wiles stated they’re working within the Eisenhower Govt Workplace Constructing close to the West Wing of the White Home.
“He’s not out of it altogether. He’s simply not bodily current as a lot as he was,” Wiles stated. “The individuals which are doing this work are right here doing good issues and being attentive to the main points. He’ll be stepping again a little bit, however he’s actually not abandoning it. And his individuals are positively not.”
The Epoch Instances contacted the White Home for extra touch upon Wednesday.
Final week, Musk advised Tesla buyers on a name that he could be stepping away from DOGE and White Home work beginning in Could. As a particular authorities worker, Musk additionally has to go away the federal government inside 130 days of starting his function there.
Musk stated on the decision that he’ll proceed to assist the Trump administration and DOGE “to make it possible for the waste and fraud that we cease doesn’t come roaring again.”
He made these remarks as his firm posted lower-than-anticipated income and internet income for the primary quarter of 2025. Tesla has additionally been topic to a collection of arson assaults and vandalism since Musk joined the administration, resulting in a number of arrests, which Musk has decried.
Since taking workplace on Jan. 20, Trump has been on a cost-cutting spree that has taken suggestions from DOGE, together with the slashing of tens of 1000’s of federal jobs and the tried dismantling of a number of companies. DOGE and the administration have confronted a lot of lawsuits, with some judges quickly pausing DOGE’s entry to a number of companies.
“As a substitute of investing within the American individuals, President Trump is ignoring our legal guidelines and ripping assets away,” stated Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the highest Democrats on the Senate and Home appropriations committees.
“We demand a direct public assertion out of your administration making clear that Musk will resign and give up all choice making authority,” the letter stated.